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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Thank-you for a gift
is too often left unsaid
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: In my opinion, too
suicide or an overdose. My letters
many young people today are short-
booklet can be ordered by sending
changed when it comes to manners
your name, mailing address, plus a
and etiquette. The knowledge of how
check or money order for $7 (U.S.
wonderful it is to receive written
funds) to Dear Abby Letters Booklet,
acknowledgment of gifting is rapidly
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL
fading.
61054-0447. (Shipping and handling
A quick note of appreciation for
are included in the price.) And
any kind of thoughtful gesture lifts the
remember Rule No. 1: The important
Jeanne
giver’s spirit. Receiving recognition Phillips thing about letter-writing is to say
for a tangible gift, time spent lending
what you want to say, say it so you
Advice
a hand or a shared meal puts a smile
can be easily understood, and say it
on his or her face. These things are
so that it sounds like you.
not entitlements; they are gifts from the heart.
Dear Abby: My parents are refusing to
I urge young parents to teach this cour- pay for me to attend my dream school after
teous gesture to their children. Abby, I know learning that I am sexually active with my
your letters booklet has a section on thank- boyfriend of two years. (They liked him very
yous. Maybe it’s time you mention it again. much prior to learning this.) He’s in school
— Sherrie In Chehalis, Wash.
in France.
Dear Sherrie: If there is one topic that
They say it would be a “sin” to pay for
shows up repeatedly in my mail, it’s thank-you me to attend school in the same city he’s in,
notes — or, rather, the lack of them. It’s such a and they expect me to stay home and go to a
common aggravation that I receive dozens of local community college. Would it be wrong
complaints in every batch of emails or letters to disobey their wishes and take out my own
I receive. While letter-writing may always be student loans? — Parents Vs. Boyfriend In
a chore to some people, there are occasions France
when the written message is the only proper
Dear P Vs. B: I not only think it would be
means of communication.
wrong, I’m afraid it could be a disaster for
My Dear Abby Letters Booklet was you. What if the relationship doesn’t work
written to serve as a guide to those who put out? When you take out those loans, you
off writing because they don’t know what to will be responsible for repaying that debt for
say or how to say it. It contains sample letters many years.
for readers to use to show appreciation for a
Before you make that decision, I urge you
birthday, Christmas, shower or wedding gift. to carefully consider the kind of jobs that will
There are also examples of letters that are be available in the ¿eld you’re interested in
dif¿cult to write, such as expressing condo- pursuing. If what you’re really interested in
lences to someone who has lost a parent, a pursuing is your boyfriend, you might be
child, or for an untimely death such as a better off staying home.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 4, 1915
In a mistaken spirit of fun, sixteen well
known young men of the high school
last evening created a disturbance at the
Temple theater, and in consequence were
this morning brought before Police Judge
Thomas Fitz Gerald. After a stern rebuke,
the boys were released upon their promise to
apologize to Manager Downey of the theater.
The affair caused quite a stir downtown last
evening. According to the boys’ statements
in court this morning, they planned to go to
the theater to “have some fun,” some having
de¿nite ideas of what the fun would consist
of and others having general notions. When
an act took the stage which did not meet with
the approval of the boys, several let Ày fruit
and vegetable missiles, some of which struck
the performers. The disturbance was reported
to police headquarters and Chief Manning
and Of¿cer Nash took the boys in custody,
escorted them to the station and gave them
instructions to appear in court this morning.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 4, 1965
Fifty-two parking meters got a death
sentence from the Pendleton City Council
last night. “We’d be better off if we removed
them all,” councilman William Stram said as
the council voted to follow staff recommen-
dation on removal of the meters. They are
six-hour meters located on streets adjacent to
the downtown business section and produce
little revenue. City Manager Mel Gardner
said they could provide spare parts for other
meters.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 4, 1990
Fifteen minutes after walking 400 yards
from his rig up a skid trail near Meacham
Wednesday morning, Richard Walczyk of
Pilot Rock shot a six-by-¿ve-point bull. The
rack measures a respectable 35 1/4 inches
across at the widest point and 29 inches high
from the base of the antler to the highest tip.
Walczyk said he walked up the trail while his
hunting partner, Ron Woods of Pilot Rock,
walked over the top. “Fifteen minutes later,
about 15 elk came roaring over the mountain.
Eight cows and three bulls. I was running
and they were running.” He ¿red once with
a 30.06 from about 300 yards, piercing the
animal’s lung. It dropped dead in its tracks,
said Walczyk, 37, who said he plans to have
the head and antlers mounted. It was his ¿rst
elk in three years of aggressive hunting.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 308th day of
2015. There are 57 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 4, 1955, Baseball
Hall of Fame pitcher Cy
Young died in Newcomer-
stown, Ohio, at age 88.
On this date:
In 1884, Democrat Grover
Cleveland was elected to
his ¿rst term as president,
defeating Republican James
G. Blaine.
In 1922, the entrance to
King Tutankhamen’s tomb
was discovered in Egypt.
In 1924, President Calvin
Coolidge, who’d succeeded
the late President Warren G.
Harding, was elected to a full
term of of¿ce; Nellie T. Ross
of Wyoming was elected the
nation’s ¿rst female governor
to serve out the remaining
term of her late husband,
William B. Ross.
In 1939, the United States
modi¿ed its neutrality stance
in World War II, allowing
“cash and carry” purchases of
arms by belligerents, a policy
favoring Britain and France.
In 1942, during World
War II, Axis forces retreated
from El Alamein in North
Africa in a major victory for
British forces commanded
by Lt. Gen. Bernard Mont-
gomery.
In 1952, Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower was
elected president, defeating
Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
The highly secretive National
Security Agency came into
existence.
In 1964, comedian Lenny
Bruce was convicted by a
three-judge panel in New
York of obscenity charges
stemming from his perfor-
mances at the Cafe Au Go Go
in Greenwich Village.
In 2008, Democrat Barack
Obama was elected the ¿rst
black president of the United
States, defeating Republican
John McCain.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Doris Roberts is 85.
Actress Loretta Swit is 78.
Rhythm-and-blues
singer
Harry Elston (Friends of
Distinction) is 77. Blues
singer Delbert McClinton is
75. Former ¿rst lady Laura
Bush is 69. Actress Ivonne
Coll (TV: “Jane the Virgin”)
is 68. Actress Markie Post
is 65. Rock singer-musician
Chris Difford (Squeeze) is 61.
Country singer Kim Forester
(The Forester Sisters) is 55.
Actress-comedian
Kathy
Grif¿n is 55. Actor Ralph
Macchio is 54. “Survivor”
host Jeff Probst is 54. Actor
Matthew McConaughey is
46. Rapper-producer Sean
“Puffy” Combs is 46.
Thought for Today: “A
boy becomes an adult three
years before his parents think
he does, and about two years
after he thinks he does.”
— Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Selective Service director
(1893-1977).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE